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UC Davis doctoral candidate Brendon Boudinot walks on stage to receive the John Henry Comstock Award from ESA President Robert Peterson of Montana State University. (ESA Photo)
Bug Squad: Article

'Ant Man' Brendon Boudinot: John Henry Comstock Award

December 17, 2019
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
John Henry Comstock would be proud. At each annual meeting, the Entomological Society of America (ESA) presents the prestigious John Henry Comstock Graduate Student Award to six outstanding graduate students, one from each branch of the ESA.
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Ian Grettenberger
Entomology & Nematology News: Article

Ian Grettenberger: Project Leader of Two CDFA Grants

December 16, 2019
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Cooperative Extension specialist Ian Grettenberger of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology is a project leader on two of the three grants recently awarded by the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) through programs Pesticide Consultation and Analysis (OPCA) and Proac...
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Foliage and fruit of broadleaf mistletoe.<br>(Credit: Jack Kelly Clark)
Pests in the Urban Landscape: Article

Underneath the Mistletoe

December 15, 2019
Mistletoe is a familiar sight of the season, often found wrapped in ribbon and hung for certain festivities this time of year. But did you know it is actually a parasitic plant that grows on a number of landscape trees in California? There are two types of mistletoe in California.
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Jill Oberski's infographic in the SysEB section: “Discovery and Diversity: The Importance of Systematic Entomology in Today’s World.”
Entomology & Nematology News: Article

Jill Oberski, Hanna Kahl Excel at ESA Meeting

December 13, 2019
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Two doctoral students in the UC Department of Entomology and Nematology excelled in their research presentations at the recent meeting of the Entomological Society of America in St. Louis, Mo.
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The Indian domino cockroach is part of the live "petting zoo" at the Bohart Museum of Entomology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Seeing Spots at the Bohart Museum of Entomology

December 13, 2019
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
When you visit the Bohart Museum of Entomology on the UC Davis campus, you're likely to see spots. That would be the Indian domino cockroach, Therea petiveriana, also variously called the desert cockroach or seven-spotted cockroach.
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